Pluto’s icy, slushy heart
Data from New Horizons mission suggest a water-ice ocean lies beneath Pluto’s heart-shaped basin.
Data from New Horizons mission suggest a water-ice ocean lies beneath Pluto’s heart-shaped basin.
Richard Alley delivers 2016 Carlson Lecture on the physics of glaciers and how ice sheets capture a history of the world’s climate.
Scientists reconstruct first hours after a giant impact created one of the largest craters on the moon.
Continuing seismic activity could pose additional hazards to infrastructure.
A novel interpretation of Raman spectra will help the 2020 Mars rover select rocks to study for signs of life.
Beginning 2.33 billion years ago, atmospheric oxygen built up in just 10 million years.
Continental shifting may have acted as a natural mechanism for extreme carbon sequestration.
Geologist Taylor Perron explores river networks on Earth and beyond.
MIT researchers explain mystery of India’s rapid move toward Eurasia 80 million years ago.
Before an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, Earth experienced a short burst of intense volcanism.
University of Colorado at Boulder professor presented “Big Cats, Panamá, and Armadillos: A Story of Climate and Life” at the New England Aquarium.
Geologist and 2014 Crafoord Prize-winner will deliver the 4th annual John Carlson Lecture.
MIT researchers calculate river networks’ movement across a landscape.